Simon Burge <simonb@melb.cpr.itg.telecom.com.au>  wrote:
 > sort of on a 5000/240, and not on a 3100.  The 3100 locks up just after
 > it prints the "data cache size 64K inst cache size 64K" line.  The

On the 3100, try unplugging the network and plugging in a terminator.

Mine with a -current kernel does that after it prints "real mem" and
"avail mem". If I unplug it from the network, it continues to do autoconf. 

Then I can plug the cable back in and alls well again.

 > I'm now at the stage where I'm trying to compile a lot of things
 > native - starting with the kernel (and whatever I tools I need to
 > compile it).

My experience is with a natively built kernel. Dec 9 sources.